Bloodthirsty Adversary — Quick Strike Scholar
Bloodthirsty Adversary arrives as a compact tempo piece that brings immediate pressure and late game value. With haste and a two power body for two mana you get a creature that can attack or block right away. Its enter the battlefield trigger lets you invest {2}{R} one or more times to grow it and to reach into your graveyard for low cost instants and sorceries, then copy them for free. That interaction rewards decks that run discard, self mill, or graveyard recursion and gives red players extra spell density without sacrificing tempo.
This card fits cleanly into aggressive midrange and spell focused decks. The choice to pay the cost multiple times creates flexible outcomes. Pay once for a single pumped attacker and one copy of a spell. Pay more to turn the creature into a threat that can close games while refiring key removal or burn spells. The art and flavor lean into Outlaws of Thunder Junction by mixing outlaw grit with arcane improvisation and a vampire edge that matches the set mood.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{R}
- Card Type – Creature
- Subtypes – Vampire
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Haste
When Bloodthirsty Adversary enters the battlefield, you may pay {2}{R} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on Bloodthirsty Adversary, then exile up to that many target instant and/or sorcery cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard and copy them. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs. - Power / Toughness – 2/2